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Hackers hit French national blood bank

What HN thinks

A thread unanimously agreeing that freezers should be cold, offline, and maybe guarded by velociraptors.

Critical fridges shouldn't be online
Most say medical freezers should never be internet-connected, or at most offer read-only monitoring via data diodes, VPNs or broadcast-only designs.
Basic management failure, not AI
Commenters point to guessable passwords, unpatched software, end-of-life hardware and weeks of prior warning, blaming negligent operators and weak industry support periods.
Punish attackers or treat as war
Some call the attack deeply unethical and want harsh retaliation or state-level responses, while others note attackers are hard to find or reach.

Consensus: Nearly everyone agrees that exposing vital refrigeration controls to the internet with write access is indefensible and that safety-critical changes should require local physical confirmation.

Recommended in the comments

MikroTik RouterOS Device Mode ↗ (product): Suggested as a model for requiring on-site physical confirmation before remote freezer setting changes.

Summarised by Claude from the comment thread 9 days ago.

Points: 56
Comments: 73
Best rank: #9
Posted: 2026-11-04 by blaze33
Category: Security

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